I need to create a Filemaker script that will open an external text file
(possibly using the Send Event script step to open the file in Notepad or
Wordpad). Once the file is open, I need to copy its entire contents to the
Windows clipboard (using the script -- not the Windows copy command), and
then paste the contents into a FileMaker text field. Is there a simple way
to do this without writing an ActiveX control, vbscript, etc.? I know there
are plugins available to do this, but I would prefer not to go that route.
Any ideas?

Sam McSpadden wrote on (9/13/2005):

Those are your choices.

FM will import, but not all in one clean shot: every tab will delimit to a field, every return a new record.

I suppose if you had a utility table with enough fields, you could use a calc to concatenate the fields into one, then loop through the records, concatenating everything into your single destination field.

Matt

Go to File > Import Records > Folder > Text Files. This will import all
text files from a particular folder. Only import the 'content' into a
text field and you will have a separate record for each text file.

Sam McSpadden wrote:
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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California

FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

Howard,

Thank you! Your suggestion does exactly what I needed. Unfortunately, this
feature is not well documented in FileMaker.... I had spent hours reading
the help files and trying everything I could think of with no luck. I would
never have thought to look at the "Folder" option.

Sam McSpadden

"Howard Schlossberg" <howard (AT) antispahm (DOT) fmprosolutions.com> wrote